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The HP 5400 Switch series consists of Layer 2/3/4 switches which support integrated advanced capabilities in chassis (6-slot and 12-slot) form factor and offer maximum flexibility, life time warranty and lowered TCO.

HP 2910 al Switch Series is a cost-effective, scalable solution for customers who are building high-performance networks. These switches can be deployed at enterprise edge and remote branch offices, converged networks, and data center top of rack.

The HP MSR20 Series features a modular design that delivers unmatched flexible WAN/LAN connectivity options for small branch offices and small to medium-sized businesses, while reducing complexity, simplifying management, and increasing control.

HP MSM7xx Controllers centrally control the wireless network, pushing QoS and security policies and identity-based services to MSM APs at the network edge, where traffic is forwarded directly from source to destination.

HP ESKM is a pre-configured, hardened security appliance that provides a unified service for creating, protecting, and delivering cryptographic keys to data encryption devices and applications across the distributed enterprise IT infrastructure.

Inserted transparently into the network, the HP TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System is an in-line security device that performs high-performance, deep packet inspection to protect customer networks from attack.

The HP TippingPoint Core Controller Base Chassis enables security on 10 GbE links using our industry-leading IPS in a scalable, economical manner while ensuring the high availability, performance, and security accuracy that are the hallmarks of HP IPS solutions.

The HP Advanced Services zl Module with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition is a zl module for the E5400 and E8200 zl series switches that provides Microsoft network services in the branch.

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"The convergence of cloud computing and mobile connectivity is changing the way infrastructures are built, applications are developed and information is delivered,” said Bill Veghte, chief strategy officer and executive vice president, Software, HP. “HP Converged Cloud enables enterprises to incorporate a blend of public, private and managed cloud services with their existing IT to create a seamless hybrid environment that rapidly adapts to their changing requirements."

Transforming the branch experience

The branch office plays an important role in an organization's ability to attract, service, and retain customers and increase revenue. Branch office employees—the face of the corporation—can significantly impact customer satisfaction and loyalty; particularly if supported by safe, dependable, and fast access to the corporate knowledge base (people, resources, and information); and to the productivity‑enhancing tools in which the organization has invested. In addition, with today's increasing security vulnerabilities, branch
office networks must be protected by comprehensive security policies and enforcement to help ensure business continuity.

Despite the critical nature of the branch office, legacy infrastructures often impede customer service with slow, unreliable access to information and applications. Poor WAN performance can prompt employees to store data locally, preventing it from being backed up and putting the business and regulatory compliance at risk if a local device fails. The high cost of running a branch also prevents most organizations from maintaining a local IT staff; so branch office employees must manage and troubleshoot systems, decreasing productivity, and taking the focus off the customer.

Many branch offices were built in isolation and may lack the interoperability needed to cost-effectively support business activities and growth. They are further shackled by a complex mixture of legacy network infrastructures that are expensive to expand and maintain. At a time when competitive requirements include the implementation of new services such as mobility and unified communications—as well as rapid access with enhanced security to applications and services—businesses struggle to efficiently scale, manage, and secure their networks. The trend to data center consolidation and remote employee access to hosted applications is forcing employees to compete for resources across the WAN and compelling organizations to rethink their strategic approach to the branch office.

Employees in a small branch office require email, file sharing, local printing, and Internet access, in addition to secure access to the corporate network. The branch has a firewall and a site-to-site virtual private network (VPN) over a broadband connection for encrypted access to the headquarters' network. Email is usually hosted in the corporate data center (DC).

Challenges

Inefficient WAN speed is affecting productivity, slowing access to main office file shares, and creating intermittent login problems. Frequent local network issues and a lack of reliable backup are jeopardizing the security of important customer data. Unreliable printing is forcing frequent reboots to clear the queue. There is no IT staff on site.

A large corporation has multiple branches, several of which offer extended hours. There is a domain controller and file/print server at most branches and locally delivered business applications at some of the branches. Email is hosted in the corporate data center and made available over the WAN. WAN connectivity requires higher bandwidth with robust security. Some enterprises may have a VoIP communications rather than traditional PBX system for voice services.

Challenges

Due to the critical mass of employees, the branch office experiences slow application performance and poor reliability. Lack of reliable backup and time-consuming file restores are causing productivity issues. Storage growth is exceeding disk space, and IT staff is spending too much time managing these and other issues. Additionally, plans are being developed to deploy VoIP and video in all branches.

Each regional office has 6 to 10 servers that provide secure local Internet access, as well as file, print, email, application, and networking services. Video must be downloaded from corporate headquarters and streamed to multiple locations in the branch every day. Each remote location is supported by its own IT staff with one or two variously skilled employees.

Challenges

Several branch offices were acquired through recent mergers, resulting in a fragmented network and inconsistent implementation of security policies and management. With multiple brands and models of servers, asset control and manageability have become critical issues, and storage growth is exceeding disk space capacity.

Data center

With HP FlexFabric as the blueprint for a data center interconnect built to deliver predictable performance, high availability,
and security, built on products and technologies that offer scalability, cutting-edge features, energy efficiency, and reduced complexity.
HP offers networking that is tightly integrated with a server, storage, and management-integrated Converged Infrastructure.

Integrated applications

Best-in-class network applications from Alliance ONE technology partners, integrated within HP's open platform delivers choice and business agility while reducing IT footprint.

Reference architecture

The HP branch office networking solution converges infrastructure and network applications to dramatically improve performance, simplify deployments, centralize management and reduce IT costs. The branch solution is a component in the HP end-to-end enterprise network infrastructure, which optimizes the network for secure, reliable, high performance application delivery, and a foundation for converged infrastructure for the extended enterprise.

HP delivers superior user experience in the branch by integrating connectivity and applications in an open platform network switch where users connect. By separating routing platform from switching platform, customers have a choice to utilize managed service providers for the WAN infrastructure while central IT teams are held accountable for enforcing regulatory compliance, corporate governance, access policies and user experience.

5400 zl Switch Series Updated
The HP 5400 Switch series consists of Layer 2/3/4 switches which support integrated advanced capabilities in chassis (6-slot and 12-slot) form factor and offer maximum flexibility, life time warranty and lowered TCO.

2910 al Switch Series
HP 2910 al Switch Series is a cost-effective, scalable solution for customers who are building high-performance networks. These switches can be deployed at enterprise edge and remote branch offices, converged networks, and data center top of rack.

MSR20 Series
The HP MSR20 Series features a modular design that delivers unmatched flexibility for small branch offices and small to medium-sized businesses, while reducing complexity, simplifying management, and increasing control.

MSR20-1x Series
The HP MSR20-1x Series are full-featured, economical routers designed for converged WAN, wired, and Wireless LAN traffic at enterprise branch locations and small to medium-sized businesses.

MSR30 Series
Designed for connecting enterprise branches, regional offices as well as customer presence equipment (CPE) by service providers, the HP MSR30 Series delivers unmatched performance and flexibility.

MSM-802.11n Dual Radio Indoor/Outdoor Access Point Series Updated
The MSM466-R Outdoor 802.11n Access Point brings 450Mb/s per radio technology to outdoor environments for outdoor coverage, point to point and point to multipoint applications either autonomously or centrally controlled by MSM Controllers.

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